Winery Castra RubraMotley Cock Red

Red wine of Thracian Valley of Bulgaria

3.8

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Motley Cock Red of Winery Castra Rubra is a red wine from the region of Thracian Valley.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
The Motley Cock Red of the Winery Castra Rubra is in the top 90 of wines of Bulgaria and in the top 60 of wines of Thracian Valley.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Oak

vanilla, oak

Spices

pepper, cinnamon

Earth

leather

On the nose the Motley Cock Red of Winery Castra Rubra in the region of Thracian Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of blueberry, red fruit or tobacco.

Food and wine pairings with Motley Cock Red

Pairings that work perfectly with Motley Cock Red

Original food and wine pairings with Motley Cock Red

Mature and hard cheese

Spicy food

The Motley Cock Red of Winery Castra Rubra matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, navarin of lamb or coconut chicken and curry.

Details and technical informations about Winery Castra Rubra's Motley Cock Red.

Winery

Winery Castra Rubra

Grape varieties

Cabernet-Sauvignon

Region/Great wine region

Thracian Valley

Country

Bulgaria

Style of wine

Red

Alcohol

13.5°

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon

Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Motley Cock Red - 2011

In the top 60 of of Thracian Valley wines

Average rating: 3.8

Motley Cock Red - 2010

In the top 60 of of Thracian Valley wines

Average rating: 3.7

Motley Cock Red - 2009

In the top 60 of of Thracian Valley wines

Average rating: 3.9

The best vintages of Motley Cock Red from Winery Castra Rubra are 2009, 2011, 2010

Informations about the Winery Castra Rubra

The winery offers 36 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

This winery is part of the Telish.

It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Thracian Valley

The Winery Castra Rubra is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Thracian Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 100 of of Bulgaria wines

In the top 65 of of Thracian Valley wines

In the top 45000 of red wines

In the top 65000 wines of the world

The wine region of Thracian Valley

Thracian Lowlands is a wine region in the South of Bulgaria. It one of two PGI designations for Bulgarian wine recognized for export into the EU. The other is Danubian Plains. Both were introduced in 2007 as Part of Bulgaria's preparations for joining the EU.

The word of the wine: Hat

Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.